Turkey has officially renounced the baseless allegations of the puppet rulers in Nagorno-Karabakh in view of Turkish soldiers' partaking in Azerbaijan's military operations.
Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ismayil Alper Coskun said that reports claiming that Turkish servicemen engaged in armed operations along the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops contradict the reality.

Azerbaijani Air Force carried out night flights under a particular preparation plan as part of the armed forces' regular military drills. Azerbaijan, which increased its arms imports by 249 percent over the past ten years, is the second arms importer in Europe following the United Kingdom, according to SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Azerbaijan attaches greater attention and importance to the improvement and modernization of its army's capabilities, including combat readiness level both in terms of defense and attack operations.
Both national and international reports on Azerbaijan's military have confirmed that Baku has increased its military focus, looking to further strengthen the role of its armed forces.

The U.S. and Georgian maritime experts gathered in Tbilisi for a five-day seminar about the role of a new Georgia-U.S. The new Joint Maritime Operations Center, which was built at the Coast Guard Supsa Radar Station on the Black Sea coast, was established under the Coast Guard Department of Georgia's Internal Ministry and equipped with joint management, control, communications and maritime surveillance systems.

Turkey is unequivocally supporting Azerbaijan's position over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, refusing to open its borders with Armenia until the Armenian troops withdraw from the occupied territory Azerbaijani lands.

The resolution process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is becoming more actual requiring more involvement of the world's influential organizations amid the recent Armenia-triggered skirmishes on the contact line and border of the two neighboring countries.

The South Caucasus country purchases military equipment mostly from Turkey, Israel, Russia and the U.S. etc. It buys tanks from Russia as part of the agreement packages signed in 2011 and 2012. Six battalions of 94 tanks should be partially delivered to Azerbaijan, according to the agreement.

The Azerbaijani armed forces are entitled to use any military equipment, including the unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, aircraft, space satellites on the contact line, the Defense Ministry said on January 12.